Hinge.



' PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903.

m L P l %h P 1 L V E D 0 M 1 F my PATENTED AUG. 25, 190.3. J. H. FRY.

HINGE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1900. RENEWED DEC. 19,

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M ET" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Patented August 25, 190%.

JOHN H. FRY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE SHAVV-W'ALKERCOMPANILOF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,953, dated August25, 1903. Application filed July 2,1900. Renewed December 19, 1901.Serial No. 86,563. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. FRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Hinge, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hinges, and has for its object to provide animproved form of hinge ,Iwhich is especially designed for the mountingof drop-doors in bookcases, desks, and cabinets and to permit of saiddoors being slid or pushed inwardly into the cabinet after being swungupwardly upon their hinged connection; It is furthermore designed tohave the door held rigidly in its closed posi tion and at the same timefree to be conveniently elevated and then pushed inwardly.

With these and other objects in View the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the ac companyin g drawings,and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken at theinner side of the door of a cabinet and showing the former closed andprovided with the present form of hinge. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view taken adjacent to one end of the door. Fig. 3 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2 and showing a modified form of the hinge. Fig. 4 isasimilar View looking in the opposite direction and showing the doorelevated and pushed inwardly in its open position. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Corresponding parts are designated by like characters of reference inall of the figures of the drawings. I

Referring tothe accompanying drawings, -1 designates the side of acabinet, having a top 2, which is provided in its under side andadjacent to the front edge thereof with a socket or recess 3, thatextends for the entire length of the door or leaf 4, the frontwall ofthe socket being comparatively abrupt, so as to form a stop-shoulder 5,against which the inner upper edge of the door orleaf engages in theclosed positionthereof, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the form of the device as shown in Figs.3, 4, and 5 of the drawings, it will be seen that each end edge of thedoor or leaf is provided with a fixed hinge member in the form of aplate 6, which is secured to the inner or rear end of the edge by meansof screw-fastenings 7 and is provided with an intermediatelaterallyprojecting ear 8, which projects beyond the inner or under sideof the door or leaf. Pivotally connected to the outer side of this earand pendent therefrom is a movable member placement by means of a plate'12, which is secured to the inner face of the end of the cabinet and isprovided in its face with a lateral out-away portion or recess 13 toaccommodate and house the movable member of the hinge. Also the upperend of this plate is terminated short of the top of the cabinet, so

as toform a supporting-shoulder let for the door or leaf when the latteris in its open position, and at the rear end of this shoulder the plateextends upwardly to the top 2, so as to form a stop-shoulder 15 to limitthe inward movement of the door or leaf. The shoulder 5 of the groove 3forms, the jamb for the upper edge of the leaf when the leaf is closedto a perpendicular position, the leaf being carried upon the f swinginglinks, the rounded upper edge of the door comes in contact with theinner surface of the groove 3 as the lid is closed and travels incontact therewith until it is stopped by the contact with the shoulder5. Thus there is produced a closure at the upper edge of the leaf beforethe leaf is dropped down into a perpendicular position. This closure ispractically airtight and cushions the door as it falls.

The movable member of the hinge is movably or pivotally supported upon asuitable pivot-pin 16, which is received within the slot or bifurcation10 and is set through the plate 12. and into the adjacent side of theend of the cabinet. The outer swing or movement of the movable member islimited by a stop-pin 17, which projects laterally inward from the endof the cabinet and into the recess 13 in the plate, so as to engage thenotch 11 in the front edge of the link 9, as shown in Fig. 3.

In'the closed .position of the leaf or door, as best shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, it hangs downwardly against the front edge of the plate12, so as to limit the inward swing of the lower end of the door, andthe upper edge thereof is received within the socket or recess 3 in thetop of the cabinet and also rests against the stop-shoulder 5 or thefront wall of the recess. Also the stop-pin 17 is in engagement with thefront edge of the movable member of the hinge. Thus the door is fixedlyheld in its closed position.

To open the door, the lower portion thereof is pulled outwardly andswung upwardly upon the pivotal connection between the fixed member andthe movable member of the hinge until the door is in a horizontalposition, after which it is pushed or slid inwardly upon the upper edge14 of the plate 12 as a support. It will be understood that duplicatehinges and plates are provided for the opposite ends of the door. Theposition of the device is now changed from that shown in Fig.3 to thatshown in Fig. 4, with the door resting upon the upper edge of the plate12 and its inner or upper edge fitting against the stop-shoulder 15 tolimit the inward slidable movement of the door. It will of course beunderstood that this stop-shoulder may be located at any preferreddistance from the front of the cabinet, so as to permit of the doorbeing pushed partly or entirely into the interior thereof, as may bedesired.

It will now be understood that the link 9 is designed to form a supportfor the door when it is being swung upwardly into a horizontal position,and the link is pivotally'mounted to swing inwardly with the door as itis slid into the cabinet, while the slot or bifurcation 10 is to permitof a longitudinal movement of the link in following the movement of thedoor.

The purpose of the socket or recess in the under side of the top is topermit of a rocking movement of the door, and the slot or space betweenthe shoulder 14 or top of the plate 12 and the under side of the top isa trifle greater than the thickness of the door, so that the latter maybe easily and conveniently slid into the cabinet. Provided upon theunder side of the top and at the inner limit of the door is a block 18,having its outer front edge beveled, as at 19, so as to form a Wedgebeneath which the inner portion of the door engages, so as to be fixedlyheld in its open position.

connecting-rod 20, which is mounted to turn within a groove 21, formedin the inner or under side of the door or leaf and adjacent to the upperor inner edge thereof, as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, theopposite ends of the rod being connected to the respective links, sothat the latter are designed to move simultaneously, whereby the door isslid straight into the cabinet without binding against the opposite endsthereof. Fitted across each open end of the groove 21 is a bearing-plate22, which has a perforation for the loose reception of the adjacentprojecting end of the red, the latter being angular and passed through asimilar opening in the upper end of the link and then upset against theouter side of the link to fixedly connect the rod thereto. The rod isheld within the groove by means of the opposite plates or and the notch11 is located adjacent to'the upper end of the link. Otherwise theconstruction and arrangement of the parts is the same.

In both forms of the device it may be found useful to provide anantifriction-roller 24, which is secured to the outer side of the plate12 and projected slightly above the upper edge thereof, so as to supportthe dooror leaf, and thereby facilitate the inward slidable movementthereof.

What is claimed is 1. In a cabinet the combination of a. leaf, linkssupporting the said leaf and placed at an outward incline, a jambagainst which the upper edge of the door is brought in contact, saidinclined links adapted to hold the leaf in contact with its jamb by thegravity of the said leaf, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a leaf, a groove 3 forming the jamb for the leaf,a pair of inclined links supporting the leaf and bringing the upper edgeof the said leaf in contact with the inner surface of the groove as theleaf is lowered into this closed position, thereby forming a closurebetween the leaf and its j amb before the leaf is completely closed,substantially as described.

3. In a cabinet, a vertically-rocking and horizontally-slidable leaf,links pivotally coning an upper edge forming a support for theleaf whenin its horizontal position and a guide for the leaf when it is movedinto and out of the case, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a leaf, which has independent rocking andslidable movements in directions at substantially right angles to eachother, of a link, which is pivotally connected to the leaf, and apivotal link-support independent ofthe leaf, said linkhaving a rockingmovement upon ,its support in the same direction as the slidablemovement of the leaf.

6. The combination with a leaf, which has a vertically-rocking movementupon its upper edge as a center, and a horizontally-slidable movementatsubstantially, right angles -to its rocking movement, a link pivotallyconnected to the leaf, and a pivotalsupport independent of the leaf,said link having a rocking movement upon its support and in thedireotion of the slidable movement of the leaf, and a support for theleaf in its horizontal position. I

7 In a cabinet, a vertically-rocking and horizontally-slidable leaf, ofa link pivotally connected theretoand provided with'a longitudinal slot,a pivot fixedly carried by the cabinet and loosely received within theslot,-

and a support for the leaflin the horizontal position thereof.

8. In a cabinet, a vertically-rockingand horizontally-slidable. leaf, alink pivotally connected thereto, and also pivotally sup-. ported uponthe adjacent side of the cabinet,

and a plate also secured to the same side of the cabinet, the upper edgeof the plate form-. ing a support for the leaf. in the horizontalposition thereof.

9. In a cabinet, a verticallyrocking and horizontallyslidable leaf, asupport for the leaf in its horizontal position, and awedge locatedabove the support and to bear against.

the leaf in its horizontalposition.

10. In a cabinet, a vertically-rocking and horizontallyslidable leaf, alink pivotally connected to the leaf, and also pivotally supported uponthe cabinet, a plate secured to the cabinet, and having a recess toreceive the link, the upper edge ofv the plate forming a support for theleaf in its. horizontal position, andalso provided with anupwardly-dimovement of the leaf.

rected ,stop shoulder to limit the inward 11. In a cabinet, avertically-rocking and horizontallyslidable leaf, a link pivotallyconnected to the leaf and also pivotally supported upon the cabinet, astop to limit the forward swing of the link, and a support for the leafin its horizontal position.

12. In a cabinet, a vertically-rocking and horizontally-slidable leaf, aplate secured to one end thereof and having a lateral car, a link havingits upper end pivoted to the ear, and provided at its opposite lower endwith a longitudinal slot, a fixed lateral pivot-pin carried by theadjacent side of the cabinet and loosely received within the slot, astop also carried by the cabinet and arranged in thepath of the forwardswing of the link, and a plate secured to the adjacent side of thecabinet, and provided in its inner face with a recess to receive thelink, the upper edge of the plate terminating short of the top of thecabinet to form a support for the leaf in its horizontal position, andalso having an up standing stop-shoulder to limit the inward movement ofthe leaf.

13. The combination with a vertically-rocking and horizontally-slidableleaf, of opposite supporting-links which are pivotally connected to theleaf, pivotal link-supports independent of theleaf, and a rigidconnect-ion between the opposite links.

14:. The combination with a vertically-rocking and horizontally-slidableleaf,of'opposite supporting-links, opposite pivotal link-sup portsindependentof the leaf, the latter having a longitudinal groove therein,and a rod loosely mounted in the groove and having its opposite endsfixedly connected to the respective links.

15. The combination with a vertically-rocking. and horizontally-slidableleaf, having a longitudinal groove formed in the inner side and near theupper edge thereof, the opposite ends of the groove openingout throughthe opposite ends of the leaf,a rod loosely mounted within the grooveand having its opposite ends projecting atthe ends of the groove,opposite bearing-plates closing the" ends of the groove and havingperforationsreceiving the rod, plates or straps secured across thegroove to hold the rod therein, op-

posite links fixedly connected to the respective projecting endsof therod and opposite pivotal link-supports. independent of theleaf. 1 Intestimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. FRYL Witnesses:

'ELIsHA Oi STEVENS, A. MERRIFIELn.

